Executive Team

Robert Beasley, Managing Partner
Robert is co-founder of ThisQuarter. He is responsible for strategic direction as well as development of ThisQuarter's service offerings. While at ThisQuarter, Robert has assisted U.S. and international companies in the areas of market assessment, strategy development, partner strategies and sales force optimization. Prior to founding ThisQuarter, Robert held executive leadership positions at several Fortune 500 and early-stage high-tech companies and consulting firms. Robert was Vice President of Sales at Computer Associates, a leading global enterprise software company, where he was recognized as a worldwide sales leader. He has founded and managed acquisitions for several companies. Navigating complex sales cycles with large organizations including Fortune 500, Global 2000 and government entities is one of Robert’s specialties. He has successfully developed and closed numerous multi-million dollar agreements with large, global companies and managed the cross-functional teams (sales, business development, technical, etc.) required to secure these agreements. He’s also been successful in generating revenue in the SMB market while developing and managing direct sales and channel sales organizations. Robert has successfully taken a number organizations – tech and non-tech – from conception to market penetration with a focus on developing effective sales and marketing strategies. An entrepreneur at heart, Robert thrives on making sense of chaos. Robert’s experience spans the globe. He has lived in Asia/Pacific and has driven strategic business alliances in nearly every region of the world. Robert is the developer of the Buyer Based Selling sales methodology and graduated from Texas Tech University with a B.S. in Marketing & Management.

Cody Carlson, Business Development
Cody is responsible for developing and managing ThisQuarter's strategic alliances and client relationships. Prior to joining ThisQuarter, Cody was the President of Stella Street Ltd.—a property management firm. Cody has served on the Board of Directors of several non-profit organizations and is the co-founder of True Bearing—a non-profit outdoor event organization. Prior to his business career, Cody was Quarterback of the Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans) from 1987-1994. He is a published author and graduated from Baylor University with a B.S. in Marketing/Management while earning All-Conference and All-America honors as a member Baylor's football team.

Rob McEwen, Marketing
Rob McEwen's marketing genius can be found in some of the most effective marketing campaigns executed by such notable high-tech companies as Dell, Dazel, Candle, Sterling and Tivoli/IBM. Prior to co-founding ThisQuarter, Rob founded M2K, a marketing agency that helped high-tech companies—both big and small—with branding, advertising, direct marketing, internet marketing, event marketing and Web design. Under his leadership, M2k became one of the leading U.S. agencies specializing in high-tech marketing and was recognized as the fourth fastest-growing company in Austin in 2000.

Over the past 20 years, Rob has earned a reputation for his ability to reach inside the mind of the customer, understand what motivates them, and use that understanding to create powerful marketing messages that drive results. Having served as founder, President, CEO and VP of Marketing for various companies, he knows what it takes to start and build a company from the ground up. In his own words, he likes to "create something from nothing." In addition to his extensive marketing experience, Rob also created a premier B2B conference called B2BBQ as well as a thriving monthly marketing exchange called the Breakfast Click. Rob has been published in numerous marketing journals and is frequently retained as a speaker at marketing events.

Newt Hamlin, Advisor
Newt is a veteran entrepreneur, investor and CEO. Following graduate studies in communications and business at Northwestern and UT/Austin, and five years experience with Fortune 100 companies, he co-founded his first company, a New Orleans marketing firm, in the early '70s. Since then, he has founded four other companies, held a large stake and served as CEO of three others, and become an active angel investor. In the past five years, Newt has served in CEO roles for companies with such diverse product offerings as network management, continuous speech software applications, and a linear accelerator producing radioisotopes for nuclear medicine. With those and two other private companies, he has been instrumental in raising more than $72-million in financing. Newt has long supported charitable, community and educational organizations.

Don Collis, Advisor
Former Vice President. International Financial Relations
Dell, Inc.

Donald D. Collis retired from Dell in 2001 after 14 years with the company. He was Dell's Vice President, International Financial Relations. Dell is a diversified information-technology company that designs, builds and delivers tailored systems directly to customers worldwide. Company revenue for the last four quarters was $53 billion. Dell is recognized by Fortune magazine as America's most admired company and No. 3 globally.

Mr. Collis joined Dell in 1987, serving as its first CFO and managing its relationships with analysts and investors from 1988 (the date of Dell's initial public offering) until his retirement. Prior to Dell, Mr. Collis was Corporate Treasurer of BP America (Standard Oil of Ohio), spending two years with British Petroleum (the parent company) in London. He spent two years as a consultant to the US Comptroller General in Washington, DC and seven years with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Mr. Collis has served on the boards of Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, Austin Lyric Opera and Westlake Bible Church in Austin, Texas.

Mr. Collis is a CPA with BS and MS degrees in accounting from Oklahoma State University.